Face guard restraining device



Nov. 6, 1951 MUELLER 2,574,222

FACE GUARD RESTRAINING DEVICE Filed NOV. 19, 1947 3mm ALBERT MUELLER Patented Nov. 6, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT o F cE FACE GUAEDIZZr SZmmG DEVICE 1 I H 7 Albert Mueller, Kiester, Minn.

Application November 19, 1947, Serial No. 786,897

It is an object of my invention to overcomethe boss cow problem by providing a noveLand improved halter adapted to be mounted on the boss cows head and to hurt said cow when she butts her head against another cow or other object.

More specifically it is an object to provide a halter having at least one pointed prong adapted to be held in normally spaced relation from the cows head and to be pressed against said head when pressure is applied against the outer side thereof.

These and other objects and advantages of my invention will more fully appear from the following description made in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein like reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views and in which;

Fig. l is a side perspective view of my cow halter as mounted on the head of a, cow and showing one side of said halter;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view ofthe cow halter illustrated in Fig. 1 showing the other side thereof; and,

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken substantially along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 and showing the detail of the prongs and resilient spacing element of the bar member.

As illustrated in the accompanying drawings, I provide a halter having an upper head strap 5 adapted to fit behind a cows ears and embrace the upper rear portion of the cows head as best shown in Fig. 1. An upper nose strap 6 is adapted to fit over an intermediate portion of the cows nose slightly below the cows eyes as best shown in Fig. 1. Connector rings 1 and 8 are connected respectively to the lower ends of strap 5 and rings 9 and H] are connected respectively to the lower ends of strap 6. A pair of central longitudinal straps H and I2 connect the medial portions of head and nose straps 5 and 6 and are disposed in spaced parallel relation. The ends of said straps II and 12 are fixed respectively to the head and nose straps 5 and 5 as by being riveted thereto.

A pair of lower longitudinal straps l3 respectively interconnect rings 8 and 9 and rings 1 and ID. A pair of diagonal straps M respectively interconnect intermediate portions of straps 3 Claims. ((31. 1 19-142) the same in place.

and I2 with rings 1 and 8, A second pair of di-T' agonal "straps I 5 respectively, interconnect intermediate portions of straps l4 with'rear portions. of longitudinal straps and I2. A rear closure strap l5 hasone end connected to the ring 8 and has a snap I1, the snap'il ,be-'

ing adapted to receive the ring'l to'completely surround'the rear portion of :the cows headand' securely hold said halter in position thereon. 1'0" The strap l6 has a' length adjusting buckle Hid which will permit the halter to be adju'stedto fit cows of various sizes; A forward closure strap |8, has one'end connectedtoring S and has a snap l3 at the other end thereof; said'snap l9' being adapted to receive the ring ill to extend under the cows throat and embrace the same to hold said nose strap 6 securely against the upper nose portion of the cow.

The above described halter is more or less conventional in design and is only a part of my present invention in that it cooperates therewith to hold the same in place. In the form of my invention illustrated, I provide a pair of cross bars 20 which are disposed at substantially right angles to the spaced longitudinal straps I and I2 and interconnect the upper portions of said straps, said bars 20 being disposed in spaced relation to each other. A pair of bolts 2| connect each of said bars 20 with their respective portions of parallel straps H and 2. Each of the bolts 2| has a large head which projects outwardly a slight distance beyond said bars 20. A nut 22 as best shown in Fig. 3 is threadably engaged on each of the bolts 2| and securely holds The inner ends of bolts 2| are tapered to a rather dull point on projection and the nuts 22 are adapted to be screwed down beyond said points to leave the points projecting inwardly there beyond to form head engaging prongs. A resilient pad such as the sponge rubber pad 23 is connected to each of the bars 20 intermediate the two bolts 2| to normally hold the prongs in slightly spaced relation from the head of the cow. A bolt and nut 24 connect said sponge rubber 23 to the medial portion of bar 20 as best shown in Fig. 3.

The bars 20 are so disposed that when the cow uses her head to butt another cow, the heads of the bolts 2| will engage against the other cow and press the pointed prongs against thevhead of the boss cow. This will cause the boss cow great pain without seriously injuring her and will soon break her of butting the other cows.

It will be seen that I have provided an extremely simple yet highly eflicient boss cow tamer which will very efficiently stop the boss cows from injuring the other cows in the herd. It

will also be seen that by providing the prongs 2| ing to exert. on. the time and thus-prevent" henfrom breaking away.

It will, of course, be understood that various:

changes may be made in the form details arrangement and proportions of the parts without departing from the scope of my inventiom.

I claim:

1. For use with an animal halter -to-discouragebutting of the animal, a cross bar -memben mounted on the halter for engagement with the headoLthe animal, .said. crossbar comprising an intermediate. resilient. pad', pointed. projections mounted. on said-cross bar. .at' leastone proj action. being arranged" opposite the. ends of. said pad;. saidpadbeing 01a. thickness..-so. that its. inner ammal cnntacting surface. portion projects. be.- yond a .plane passing through, the. pointed ends. 0! said'.projections..whereby normally the pointed ends-.ohthe projections. are.- maintained cutoff contact; with the head. of. the. animal. ont'which. the halter is arranged saidpad being adapted to yield under. pressure. tov present. the pointed: ends of said. projections. for. engagfimentwitnthe headoLthe. animal;

2. A cross bar member for an animal halter as claimed in claim 1 wherein said resilient pad comprises sponge rubber.

3. A cross bar member for an animal halter ael medimolaim 1 wherelnnidibareom msubstantially rizid ban-portionmn which said pad and said projections are mounted, and where- 'inpa plurality of said cross bars are spacedly arranged on the halter portion which is adapted to" engage thetop and forehead part of the animal.

ALBERT MUELLER.

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